Patents Assigned to Fina Technology, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10336839
    Abstract: A low viscosity polymer having a linear or branched backbone derived from farnesene monomers and at least one terminal-end functionalized with a hydroxyl group. This polymer may be further hydrogenated to reduce unsaturation and acrylated, such that it may be incorporated into a LOCA composition. The LOCA composition may be used in a laminated screen assembly, such as a touch screen, for electronic devices by adhering the LOCA composition between an optically transparent layer, such as a cover glass, and a display. The cured LOCA composition has a refractive index similar to the optically transparent layer. A method of making the low viscosity polymer for the LOCA composition includes anionically polymerizing farnesene monomers, quenching a living end of the polymer to provide the hydroxyl-terminated polymer; hydrogenating the hydroxyl-terminated polymer; and reacting the at least partially saturated hydroxyl-terminated polymer with at least one reagent to provide an acrylate terminated hydrogenated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Taejun Yoo, Herbert Chao, Steven K Henning
  • Patent number: 10329462
    Abstract: A tackifying resin includes a farnesene-based polymer having monomeric units derived from a farnesene monomer and one or more optional comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics and has a softening point greater than or equal to 80 degrees Celsius. A method of making the farnesene-based polymer includes combining a farnesene monomer and a solvent and optionally adding one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics, to provide a monomer feed, and polymerizing the monomer feed by combining the monomer feed with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst in a vessel. The tackifying resin may be combined with an elastomer to form a hot melt adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Keith A Nelson, Anaïs Pierre-Justin, Nestor P Hansen
  • Patent number: 10323117
    Abstract: A composition is provided for making a polyurethane that may be incorporated in various products, such as a sealant, a coating, a caulk, an electric potting compound, a membrane, a sponge, a foam, an adhesives, and a propellant binder. The composition includes one or more polyols, one or more isocyanate-group containing compounds having an isocyanate group functionality of at least two, and optionally one or more chain extenders. At least one of the polyols is a farnesene-based polyol having a number average molecular weight less than or equal to 100,000 g/mol and a viscosity at 25° C. less than 10,000 cP. The farnesene-based polyol may be a homopolymer or a copolymer of farnesene. The composition may also comprise additional polyols, such as a polyol of a homopolymer or copolymer of a polydiene. Methods of preparing a polyurethane are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nan Tian, Herbert Chao
  • Patent number: 10300459
    Abstract: A process includes reacting a feed stream containing ethanol and optionally acetaldehyde in a dehydration reactor in the presence of a dehydration catalyst system having a Group 4 or Group 5 metal oxide and a support. The process includes obtaining a product stream containing butadiene from the dehydration reactor. Another process includes reacting a feed stream containing ethanol and optionally acetaldehyde in a dehydration reactor in the presence of a dehydration catalyst system containing a tungsten oxide supported on a zeolite or a tantalum oxide supported on a zeolite. The process includes obtaining a product stream containing butadiene from the dehydration reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sivadinarayana Chinta, Kaushik Gandhi
  • Patent number: 10293331
    Abstract: A catalyst containing nanosize zeolite particles supported on a support material for alkylation reactions, such as the alkylation of benzene to form ethylbenzene, and processes using such a catalyst is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sivadinarayana Chinta, Joseph Pelati
  • Patent number: 10294311
    Abstract: A process may include contacting ethylene monomer with Ziegler-Natta catalyst to form polyethylene. The Ziegler-Natta catalyst may be formed by contacting an alkyl magnesium compound with an alcohol and a metal reagent to form a blend, and contacting the blend with a first agent to form a solution of reaction product “A”. The solution of reaction product “A” may be contacted with a second agent to form a solid reaction product “B”, and the solid reaction product “B” may be contacted with a third agent to form a solid reaction product “C”. The solid reaction product “C” may be contacted with a fourth agent to form a solid reaction product “D”, and the solid reaction product “D” may be contacted with a fifth agent to form a catalyst component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, David Knoeppel
  • Patent number: 10252957
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons include a direct contact condenser to remove compounds from an offgas process stream. The reduction of compounds can decrease duty on the offgas compressor by removing steam and aromatics from the offgas. The dehydrogenation reaction system can be applicable for reactions such as the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to produce styrene, the dehydrogenation of isoamiline to produce isoprene, or the dehydrogenation of n-pentene to produce piperylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent A Welch, James R Butler
  • Patent number: 10246535
    Abstract: A method comprising preparing a multi-component catalyst system comprising a catalyst and a cocatalyst, and adjusting the level of at least one component of the catalyst system to maintain a user-desired level of catalyst activity throughout a process, wherein the component comprises a catalyst activator and wherein the catalyst activator comprises the catalyst or the cocatalyst. A method comprising contacting a polymerization catalyst system comprising a Ziegler-Natta catalyst and a cocatalyst with a catalyst activator at least twice during a polymerization process, wherein the polymerization process is carried out in a reactor system comprising multiple reactor types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Blackmon, David Ribour, Shabbir Malbari, Tim Coffy, Michel Daumerie
  • Patent number: 10240009
    Abstract: A composite may include polylactic acid, polyethylene, and optionally a compatibilizer. The composite may be formed by combining the polylactic acid with the polyethylene. The composite may be formed into an extruded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Clark, John Ashbaugh, Fengkui Li, David Rauscher, William Gauthier
  • Patent number: 10239973
    Abstract: A low viscosity polymer having a linear or branched backbone derived from farnesene monomers and at least one terminal-end functionalized with a hydroxyl group. This polymer may be further hydrogenated to reduce unsaturation and acrylated, such that it may be incorporated into a LOCA composition. The LOCA composition may be used in a laminated screen assembly, such as a touch screen, for electronic devices by adhering the LOCA composition between an optically transparent layer, such as a cover glass, and a display. The cured LOCA composition has a refractive index similar to the optically transparent layer. A method of making the low viscosity polymer for the LOCA composition includes anionically polymerizing farnesene monomers, quenching a living end of the polymer to provide the hydroxyl-terminated polymer; hydrogenating the hydroxyl-terminated polymer; and reacting the at least partially saturated hydroxyl-terminated polymer with at least one reagent to provide an acrylate terminated hydrogenated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Taejun Yoo, Herbert Chao, Steven K Henning
  • Publication number: 20190055336
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to polymers, and particularly to farnesene polymers functionalized with one or more oxirane groups and, optionally, one or more hydroxyl groups. According to one aspect of the invention, provided is an epoxidized and optionally hydroxyl-functionalized polyfarnesene. The epoxidized farnesene polymer has at least one of a side chain or a main backbone functionalized with at least one oxirane group and, optionally, at least one terminal end functionalized with a hydroxyl group. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for preparing an epoxidized and optionally hydroxyl-functionalized polyfarnesene. The method includes epoxidizing a farnesene polymer, which may optionally contain one or more terminal hydroxyl groups, to functionalize at least one of a side chain or a main backbone of the farnesene polymer with an oxirane group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Herbert CHAO, Taejun YOO, Sabrina NEHACHE
  • Publication number: 20190016847
    Abstract: A polymer having a hydrophobic polymer chain derived from monomers of farnesene and other optional monomers, such as dienes and vinyl aromatics. The polymer also includes one or more terminal functional groups, such as an amino group, a glycidyl group, a carboxylic acid group, a (meth)acrylate group, a silane group, an isocyanate group, an acetoacetate group, a phenolic group, and a hydroxyl group. Functional groups, such as carboxylic acids, may also be grafted along the hydrophobic polymer chain. The polymer may be incorporated in curable compositions that optionally include one or more polymer resins having similar functional groups. Methods for preparing the curable polymer compositions are also provided. The curable or cured form of the polymer composition may be used in various products, such as a sealant, a coating, a caulk, an electric potting compound, a membrane, a sponge, a foam, an adhesive, or a propellant binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Steven K. Henning, Nan Tian, Herbert Chao
  • Patent number: 10179323
    Abstract: A process includes reacting a feed stream containing ethanol and optionally acetaldehyde in a dehydration reactor in the presence of a dehydration catalyst system having a Group 4 or Group 5 metal oxide and a support. The process includes obtaining a product stream containing butadiene from the dehydration reactor. Another process includes reacting a feed stream containing ethanol and optionally acetaldehyde in a dehydration reactor in the presence of a dehydration catalyst system containing a tungsten oxide supported on a zeolite or a tantalum oxide supported on a zeolite. The process includes obtaining a product stream containing butadiene from the dehydration reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sivadinarayana Chinta, Kaushik Gandhi
  • Publication number: 20180355073
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a curable rubber composition is provided which includes a high molecular weight diene elastomer; optionally, a carbon black composition; a silica composition; and a farnesene polymer comprising farnesene monomers. The farnesene polymer is modified with at least one silane group, has a number average molecular weight of 1,000 g/mol to 100,000 g/mol, and has a glass transition temperature of equal to or less than ?50° C. According to another aspect of the invention, a method for producing a rubber composition for use in a tire is provided. The method includes forming a composition by mixing a farnesene polymer modified with at least one silane group, a silica composition, a high molecular weight diene elastomer, and optionally a carbon black composition, the farnesene polymer comprising farnesene monomers; and curing the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven K. HENNING, Jean-Marc MONSALLIER, Nan TIAN
  • Patent number: 10144201
    Abstract: A method including forming a bilayer polymer film having an oriented polypropylene film and a metallocene-catalyzed polypropylene film wherein the metallocene-catalyzed polypropylene film has a seal initiation temperature of from 80° C. to 130° C. A laminate including a biaxially oriented polypropylene film, a metallocene-catalyzed polypropylene film, and a substrate, wherein the metallocene-catalyzed polypropylene film is disposed between the biaxially oriented polypropylene film and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Lea Ann Nairn, Marco Vinicio Araya Vargas
  • Patent number: 10125249
    Abstract: A styrenic composition including a polar modified styrenic co-polymer resulting from the polymerization of a combined mixture of at least one styrenic monomer and at least one comonomer and a biodegradable component is disclosed. The at least one comonomer includes a polar functional group and the polar modified styrenic co-polymer and the biodegradable component are combined to obtain a styrenic composition having a biodegradable component. Also disclosed is a method of enhancing bio-polymer miscibility in a styrenic based polymer. The polarity of a blend is manipulated by combining a styrenic monomer and a polar co-monomer to form a combined mixture and subjecting the combined mixture to polymerization to obtain a styrenic polymer blend to which a bio-polymer is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, David W. Knoeppel, Jose M. Sosa
  • Patent number: 10113020
    Abstract: A polymer composition adapted for use in injection stretch blow molding may include a metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier. The metallocene random propylene-based copolymer may exhibit a melting point of from 105° C. to less than 175° C., a recrystallization temperature ranging from 85° C. to 100° C. as measured by DSC, a microtacticity ranging from 89% to 99%, a molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 170,000 to 210,000, and a melt flow rate of from about 1 dg/min. to about 40 dg/min. A method of forming an injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) article may include providing the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer, injection molding the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier into a preform, and stretch-blowing the preform into an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Luyi Sun, Mark Leland
  • Patent number: 10113062
    Abstract: Polymeric compositions and processes of forming the same are discussed herein. The processes generally include contacting a polylactic acid with a reactive modifier selected from epoxy-functionalized polybutadiene, ionic monomer, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Fengkui Li, John Ashbaugh, David Rauscher, Robert Dotter
  • Publication number: 20180305526
    Abstract: A low molecular weight co-oligomer containing styrene and ?-methyl styrene in bound form and having a ring and ball softening point not greater than 50° C. is useful in modifying the properties of a diene elastomer-based curable rubber composition capable of being used to manufacture tire treads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabien SALORT, Jean-Marc MONSALLIER
  • Patent number: 10093756
    Abstract: A method of producing a silane cross-linked polyethylene is disclosed which includes maleating a polyethylene polymer to form a maleated polyethylene and reacting the maleated polyethylene with a primary or secondary amino silane to form a silane-grafted polyethylene. The method further includes treating the silane-grafted polyethylene in a moisture curing process to form the silane cross-linked polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Fengkui Li, John Ashbaugh, Jason Clark